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it happened today in kabul province. nato and u.s. officials say there were no report of hostile fireeat the ttme of the crash. the worst helicopter crash for coalition forces since 2006. >>> vote on defense measure thaa includes don't ask don't tell falls shy today on capitol hill. senate republican blocked the bill that included 7 25 billion lines. >> i was the sole republican in the commmtteeethat voted for the lieberman language on don't ask don't tell. i think it is the right thing to do. to this bill under a situation that is going tottl shut down the debate and preclude republican amendment. that too is nnt fair. >>reporter: other republican members of the senate argue congress needs to let the military finish its own survey on don't ask don't tell so it can weigh in on this particularrpolicy. >>> scary moments for >>> scary moments for spectator at car race in ,%%- as you could see collapsedrs sending more ttan 500 people crashing to the ground. 100 people weee hurt. 20 of them seriously. right now authorities think that some
it happened today in kabul province. nato and u.s. officials say there were no report of hostile fireeat the ttme of the crash. the worst helicopter crash for coalition forces since 2006. >>> vote on defense measure thaa includes don't ask don't tell falls shy today on capitol hill. senate republican blocked the bill that included 7 25 billion lines. >> i was the sole republican in the commmtteeethat voted for the lieberman language on don't ask don't tell. i think it is the...
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jerry's jones lanned actions hhve sparked outrage in kabul. >> we won't e ablleto control -ur people. we are mussims aad we will do whatever we are able to do. >> reporter: a defiant jones refuses to back down. >> something is wrong. it is possibly time for us ii a new way to staad up toofight terrorism. >> reporter: a central florida imam whhse religion pastor jones believes is of the devil is pllading forra cancellltion offthe event. >> we believe that he can exprees his feelings in a more ciiilized way if a dialogue and i'm sure that the world would listen to his point of view. >> it doesn't in anyway represent america or americans or american government r american religious pooiticaa leadership. >> reporter: even german chancellor is voicing opposition. >> i ind it in a few wordd only simmly disrespectful and simply wrong. leaders from the u.s. and beyond react the tension is palpable. >> it's a very small group but the perception vieeed outside is big and it is very, very big. >> reporter: the state embassiesed worldwide to assess saturday's event.eaa of it's not clear how manyú
jerry's jones lanned actions hhve sparked outrage in kabul. >> we won't e ablleto control -ur people. we are mussims aad we will do whatever we are able to do. >> reporter: a defiant jones refuses to back down. >> something is wrong. it is possibly time for us ii a new way to staad up toofight terrorism. >> reporter: a central florida imam whhse religion pastor jones believes is of the devil is pllading forra cancellltion offthe event. >> we believe that he can...
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there was a furious anti- american protest today in kabul. hundreds of young religious students and others chanted "death to america" and waved signs denouncing president obama. the protest was triggered by a florida church's announced plan to mark saturday's anniversary of 9/11 by burning copies of the koran. also in kabul today, government officials sought to ease a crisis at afghanistan's biggest bank. but it's a tough sell since president karzai's family and political cronies are seen as the root of the problem. mandy clark is in the afghan capital. >> reporter: panicked customers have been pulling their savings out of kabul bank as fast as they can. 23-year-old ahmed seyai is one of them. >> i just want to withdraw my money and i will never deposit my money back in the kabul bank. >> reporter: the run on the bank began last wednesday after reports that tens of millions of dollars of off-the-book loans had been given to allies of president hamid karzai ham's government. frightened customers withdrew half the bank's $500 million in cash in
there was a furious anti- american protest today in kabul. hundreds of young religious students and others chanted "death to america" and waved signs denouncing president obama. the protest was triggered by a florida church's announced plan to mark saturday's anniversary of 9/11 by burning copies of the koran. also in kabul today, government officials sought to ease a crisis at afghanistan's biggest bank. but it's a tough sell since president karzai's family and political cronies are...
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bank. >> there were long lines outside kabul bank's branches again on tuesday. the run on the bank began a week ago, and customers have withdrawn hundreds of millions of euros from their accounts. >> i have been to six branches of the bank since yesterday, but i cannot get a hold of my money. and today, i am number621 on the waiting list. the government is responsible for this crisis. the central bank should guarantee our savings. that is why it should be illegal for them to speculate with our money. >> the kabul bank did speculate on the de by real estate market. it poured 125 million euros into the gulf state stands. president karzai's brother is thought to have been involved in the deals. journalists in afghanistan now has cut deeply politicians were involved in the events leading up to the crisis. >> it will be very difficult to talk openly on this issue. but anyway, i think that two -- the brothers of two of the top people in afghanistan -- >> have stepped -- afghanistan has dealt with many crises. and this could easily affect the outcome of the parliamenta
bank. >> there were long lines outside kabul bank's branches again on tuesday. the run on the bank began a week ago, and customers have withdrawn hundreds of millions of euros from their accounts. >> i have been to six branches of the bank since yesterday, but i cannot get a hold of my money. and today, i am number621 on the waiting list. the government is responsible for this crisis. the central bank should guarantee our savings. that is why it should be illegal for them to...
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it's a bright, sunny day in kabul. we've had at least one explosion this morning that is a rocket believed to have landed in the city. there are reports of a few rockets hitting the city of jaubled but -- jalalabad but the day is just beginning and security is exceptionally tight. altogether hundreds of thousands of both afghan army and police are here and behind them the international afghan security forces though they -- this is very much an afghan operation. the government says the preparations for this poll were better than for the polls of 2009, presidential poll which was very controversial and marred by fraud. but there are very, very big chals facing these polls, the possibility of fraud and the possibility of security incidents, especially now that the taliban has noud to disrupt them. >> you have mentioned the concerns about security and the threats from the taliban. is there any sense that afghans are reluctant to two to the polls? >> no, i don't think -- afghans would love to good to the polls but these are
it's a bright, sunny day in kabul. we've had at least one explosion this morning that is a rocket believed to have landed in the city. there are reports of a few rockets hitting the city of jaubled but -- jalalabad but the day is just beginning and security is exceptionally tight. altogether hundreds of thousands of both afghan army and police are here and behind them the international afghan security forces though they -- this is very much an afghan operation. the government says the...
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still, don't forget, there's so much corruption in kabul. so much of the money that we send over there disappears down the rat hole in kabul and unless we get control of that, then we're not going to have a good time of it in afghanistan. >> jack jacobs, good information. even with the voice. >> very bad voice. >> but you look good, that's all that matters. thank you, jack. >>> oh, listen to this. one of those chilean miners who is trapped underground has a new reason for hope this morning. aerial tacona is waiting for the rescue below ground but above ground her wife gave birth to a baby girl yesterday. mother and child are said to be doing well. he will be able to see pictures of his new baby thanks to capsules that are being sent down that three inch shaft. engineers still say it might take until december before those men are rescued. >>> a big loss for journalism and nbc. journalist broadcaster and author edwin newman has died. he is a society boy, graduated in 1935 and joined nbc news as a correspondent in 1952. he was there for so many
still, don't forget, there's so much corruption in kabul. so much of the money that we send over there disappears down the rat hole in kabul and unless we get control of that, then we're not going to have a good time of it in afghanistan. >> jack jacobs, good information. even with the voice. >> very bad voice. >> but you look good, that's all that matters. thank you, jack. >>> oh, listen to this. one of those chilean miners who is trapped underground has a new reason...
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for the latest let's go live to kabul. >> here in the kabul, right across the country, security is exceptionally tight. policemen everywhere at key junctions in the capital. and yet intimidation and threats continued. 18 supporters of candidates were kidnapped today in the northwest of afghanistan. and another candidate was kidnapped this morning not far from kabul. more than three in the last two weeks according to the ports. yet with all of the threats and fears of violence, there is a lot of enthusiasm among the candidates. it 2005 hundred are competing for seats in the lower house of parliament and a record number of younger afghans -- between 25-35. but can they compete? there is a new look and afghan politics this year, a new style. this 30 year old tells his campaign team that they should emphasize that he is young, educated, and can serve the people. he is one of hundreds of young afghans to decide that for all of the faults and failures of their new parliamentary democracy, they see it as a future and a future for them. dam it we would to build a peaceful and prosperous afghanistan we n
for the latest let's go live to kabul. >> here in the kabul, right across the country, security is exceptionally tight. policemen everywhere at key junctions in the capital. and yet intimidation and threats continued. 18 supporters of candidates were kidnapped today in the northwest of afghanistan. and another candidate was kidnapped this morning not far from kabul. more than three in the last two weeks according to the ports. yet with all of the threats and fears of violence, there is a...
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martha raddatz reports from kabul. >> reporter: the crowd in downtown kabul reached nearly 500 with protesters chanting, long live the koran. an effigy of pastor terry jones, from the tiny florida church, was lit on fire. the protesters, well aware the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones, with choochbts death to america, echoing through the crowd. minutes later, rocks were hurled at a passing u.s. military convoy. the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, is outraged by the threat to burn the koran, saying in a statement that it could "endanger troops. and it could endanger the overall effort here." we spoke in kabul with the former vice chief of staff of the army, general jack keane. >> it is outrageous. and it is insulting to muslims. but it's also insulting to the soldiers, for what they stand for and what their commitment is to the muslims in this country. >> reporter: pastor jones vowed he would go ahead with the koran burning. >> what we are doing is long overdue. we're revealing, again,
martha raddatz reports from kabul. >> reporter: the crowd in downtown kabul reached nearly 500 with protesters chanting, long live the koran. an effigy of pastor terry jones, from the tiny florida church, was lit on fire. the protesters, well aware the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones, with choochbts death to america, echoing through the crowd. minutes later, rocks were hurled at a passing...
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of violence at this particular station so far this is probably because we're in the capital city of kabul where relatively speaking the situation is a lot calmer and a lot safer than it is on some of the regions where more than one thousand five stations have been forced to close the doors because of quakes on the telephone and the polls opened on time this morning at seven o'clock local time one of the first people to cross just damage this place is common cause and he urged afghans to follow the search now one of the major concerns of course remains the vast of security there are of course coming through all any exposing station that took a direct hit by a rocket in the eastern part of the country we're hearing of injuries we're hearing of people killed in the city of jalalabad as well as in the eastern city of boston where we're hearing some injuries including afghan officials we've established city of kandahar has mostly and while kabul so far has been the reasonably safe it was with us explosion or in the early hours of this morning and for the polls open the other concern is that of
of violence at this particular station so far this is probably because we're in the capital city of kabul where relatively speaking the situation is a lot calmer and a lot safer than it is on some of the regions where more than one thousand five stations have been forced to close the doors because of quakes on the telephone and the polls opened on time this morning at seven o'clock local time one of the first people to cross just damage this place is common cause and he urged afghans to follow...
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so far, the government has not given any freedoms to those moderate taliban or with the mine kabul. they're still under house arrest and are not let out for religious ceremonies. >> people in this area do not hold out much hope for support from kabul, even for the damage caused by the floods that destroyed the harvest across large parts of eastern afghanistan. here, it is government opponents of the biggest electoral chances. he is standing for the islamic party, on whose said the u.s. has a bounty of $10 million. voters spoke to him, mainly about war and is long. >> we discussed, because afghanistan is in a state of war, and i tell people they should vote for somebody who knows about this and is a loyal to afghanistan and to the people of afghanistan and is long. through this, the issue of afghanistan can be solved. >> in the provincial capital of taliban, and as the election campaign is underway. 157 canada, most of the men, are vying for the 14 parliamentary seats allocated to the province. >> people should vote for people who can work and serve. asian not vote for thieves. their
so far, the government has not given any freedoms to those moderate taliban or with the mine kabul. they're still under house arrest and are not let out for religious ceremonies. >> people in this area do not hold out much hope for support from kabul, even for the damage caused by the floods that destroyed the harvest across large parts of eastern afghanistan. here, it is government opponents of the biggest electoral chances. he is standing for the islamic party, on whose said the u.s....
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kabul reached nearly 500 today with protesters chanting "long live the koran." an effigy of pastor terry jones from the tiny florida church was lit on fire. the protesters well aware of the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones with chants of death to america echoing through the crowd. minutes later rocks were hurled at a passing u.s. military convoy. the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, is outraged by the threat to burn the koran saying in a statement tonight that it could "endanger troops, and it could endanger the overall effort here." we spoke tonight in kabul with the former vice chief of staff of the army, general jack keane. >> it is outrageous and it is insulting to muslims, but it's also insulting to our soldiers in terms of what they stand for and what their commitment is to this country and to the muslims in this country. >> reporter: late today pastor terry jones vowed he would go ahead with the koran burning. >> what we are doing is long overdue.
kabul reached nearly 500 today with protesters chanting "long live the koran." an effigy of pastor terry jones from the tiny florida church was lit on fire. the protesters well aware of the pastor's inflammatory comments. >> islam is an evil religion. >> reporter: but anger has spread far beyond pastor jones with chants of death to america echoing through the crowd. minutes later rocks were hurled at a passing u.s. military convoy. the u.s. commander in afghanistan,...
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to excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the push tools will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on the push to in tribesmen. whether they are of god or whether they are pakistani potions i do understand that if you do the actions involved to talk about how far will pakistan go to if it shut down one of the crossings ok there's another one still open but how far will pakistan go i mean would it be a point where it could just close all of us allowed supply routes for the us led war effort in afghanistan. let me tell you that this is a dramatic move it happens for the first time in eight years we had previously a military strongman in power pervez musharraf he was unable to do this there were a few incidents during his tenure when nato did cross the border when u.s. forces did that and they were demands on him pressure on him to do something he didn't for the pakistani military leadership or the pakistani government i don't know exactly who made this decision today as i said nobody has real
to excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the push tools will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on the push to in tribesmen. whether they are of god or whether they are pakistani potions i do understand that if you do the actions involved to talk about how far will pakistan go to if it shut down one of the crossings ok there's another one still open but how far will pakistan go i mean would it...
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his stronghold is this village outside kabul. it is a former -- he is a former commander, and he is accused of war crimes. the people here voted for him in 2005. they will again. they tell me he is a strong man who will fight for them in parliament. elections are about looking strong. lunch is provided at headquarters. politics still work in the traditional way. if your powerful, if you have resources, but voters come to year. if you get the both of these tribal elders, you get the vote of their communities, too. he held -- he handed over his weapons years ago. critics say that he should be barred from this poll. but he says he fought with a gun in the war, and now fights with a pen. parliament, he says, is the home of all afghans. in this race for the people's vote, some prefer turbans. some ties. for one, it is the look of the winner in the u.s. presidential election. what ever choice the afghans make it, it will shape their future. bbc news, kabul. >> you're watching "bbc world news." still to come -- the mosque in a box. immo
his stronghold is this village outside kabul. it is a former -- he is a former commander, and he is accused of war crimes. the people here voted for him in 2005. they will again. they tell me he is a strong man who will fight for them in parliament. elections are about looking strong. lunch is provided at headquarters. politics still work in the traditional way. if your powerful, if you have resources, but voters come to year. if you get the both of these tribal elders, you get the vote of...
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picture here in afghanistan in terms of security it was a massive explosion here in the capital city of kabul hours before those first stations opened no reports of injuries we're also hearing no reports of injuries regarding the rocket attacks in the soften the city of kandahar and there has also been a direct hit on a polling station in the east in jalalabad we are now hearing and in the reports of a rocket attack in the north we're hearing that one person there has been killed but as of yet we've been unable to confirm this so certainly a grim picture in several provinces around the country and this is just a few hours after the potence station is opened tens of thousands of afghan police and security forces are in the streets manning those polling stations they are back to what i said the foreign forces drove several polling stations here in kabul you can osha's this heavy security presence there are certainly a lot more roadblocks than they were for example yesterday but this is here in the city when you move further into the rule areas and we're talking here of some four thousand rural
picture here in afghanistan in terms of security it was a massive explosion here in the capital city of kabul hours before those first stations opened no reports of injuries we're also hearing no reports of injuries regarding the rocket attacks in the soften the city of kandahar and there has also been a direct hit on a polling station in the east in jalalabad we are now hearing and in the reports of a rocket attack in the north we're hearing that one person there has been killed but as of yet...
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jonee planned actiin has sparke3 outrage in kabul. >> we won't be able to control -ur peoplee we are muslims and we will do whatever we will be able to do. >> reporter: speaking out of a tiny worship center, defiant jones refuses to back down. >> something is wrong. it's possibly time for us in a %->> reporter: a central uu, florida imam whose religion pastor jones belieees is of the devil is pleading for canceelation of the eeent. >> we think he can express his feeeings in a diiferent way, in a more civilized way in a dialogue anddi'm sure that the world would listtn to his point of view. >> it ddesn't in anywaa represent america or americans or american government or american religious and political leadership. >> reeorter: even german ooposition. -p>> i find it in a few words oy simply disrespecttul and imply wrong. >> reeorter: aa officials from the u.s. and beyond react, theetension is palpable. >> it's a very small group but the perception viewing outside it will be big and it's very dangerous. >> reporter: the state department has ordered u.s. embassies worldwide to assess the
jonee planned actiin has sparke3 outrage in kabul. >> we won't be able to control -ur peoplee we are muslims and we will do whatever we will be able to do. >> reporter: speaking out of a tiny worship center, defiant jones refuses to back down. >> something is wrong. it's possibly time for us in a %->> reporter: a central uu, florida imam whose religion pastor jones belieees is of the devil is pleading for canceelation of the eeent. >> we think he can express his...
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our own john yang is in kabul and he's with us from there. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. military officials say this appears to be an accident, not a shootdown. but still as you say, the worst helicopter crash since may of 2006. today's nine deaths bring the u.s. death toll to at least 351 for this year. still, more than three months to go in 2010 but already, it's the deadliest year for both u.s. and coalition forces. the helicopter that crashed today was a black hawk. the crash is under investigation. officials say there's no indication of any hostile fire. that, despite the taliban claim that they shot the helicopter down. meanwhile, another threat to the stability to the government of hamid karzai in afghanistan. mounting claims of fraud in this past weekend's parliamentary election almost on the scale of last year's tainted presidential election. so growing challenges here, both on the security front and on the political front, brian. >> thank you for all of it, john yang in kabul, afghanistan, for us tonight. >>>
our own john yang is in kabul and he's with us from there. john, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. military officials say this appears to be an accident, not a shootdown. but still as you say, the worst helicopter crash since may of 2006. today's nine deaths bring the u.s. death toll to at least 351 for this year. still, more than three months to go in 2010 but already, it's the deadliest year for both u.s. and coalition forces. the helicopter that crashed today was a black...
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how important is kabul bank to afghanistan's overall financial system and stability? >> it's vitale important. it is the largest bank in the country. it has a network of branches and a.t.m.s. but one thing that makes it centrally key in this whole international effort to stabilize the country that kabul bank is the bank that is used to pay the salaries of thousands of police officers and soldiers across the country. and if there's a disruption to that, there could be broad scale chaos in the country. >> warner: how did it get into such bad shape? >> this is characteristic of the free wheeling financial climate in afghanistan of mismanagement that led to a series of incredibly foolish real estate purchases in the united arab emirates at the height of the real estate market. huge amounts of the bank's capital going to those sorts of purchases and, of course, as that property market collapsed, the banks' investments collapsed. but also just very shoddy management and oversight and that, of course, gets to the political connections here because of the connections to the p
how important is kabul bank to afghanistan's overall financial system and stability? >> it's vitale important. it is the largest bank in the country. it has a network of branches and a.t.m.s. but one thing that makes it centrally key in this whole international effort to stabilize the country that kabul bank is the bank that is used to pay the salaries of thousands of police officers and soldiers across the country. and if there's a disruption to that, there could be broad scale chaos in...
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mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >> couric: the taliban are also stepping up attacks on u.s. troops. coming up next, powerful images from an insurgent ambush. one soldier owes his life to his helmet. and later, tall tales from the new guinness book of world records. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming dangerous clots. ask your doctor if plavix is right for you. protection that helps save lives. [ female announcer ] certain genetic factors and some medicines, such as prilosec, reduce the effect of plavix leaving you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke. your doctor may use genetic tests to determine treatment. don't stop taking plavix without talking to your doctor as your risk of heart attack or stroke may increase. people with stomach ulcers or conditions that cause bleeding should not use plavix. taking plavix alone or with some other medicines, including aspirin, may increase
mandy clark, cbs news, kabul. >> couric: the taliban are also stepping up attacks on u.s. troops. coming up next, powerful images from an insurgent ambush. one soldier owes his life to his helmet. and later, tall tales from the new guinness book of world records. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and...
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reporter: in kabul, pastor jones was burned in effigy. just the kind of thing general with trey us is concerned can get out of hand, but jones says he must go forward. >> we understand his concerns and we share those concerns. we understand that those concerns are valid. we just have, the question is, the question that we have is, if we don't do it, when do we stop backing down? >> reporter: pastor, don't you even have a twinge of conscience about doing something like this? >> of course. of course. we have thought very much about it. we have prayed a lot about it. yes, it's one of the things that we think about all of the time. >> reporter: terry jones has kicked around the fringes of the gainesville christian community since the early 1990s. he led a church in germany before moving here, and last year, he found a way to raise his profile. hate. he made signs and printed t-shirts declaring islam is of the devil. and he's never looked back. and here's your sign advertising the event. >> right. that's true. >> reporter: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., t
reporter: in kabul, pastor jones was burned in effigy. just the kind of thing general with trey us is concerned can get out of hand, but jones says he must go forward. >> we understand his concerns and we share those concerns. we understand that those concerns are valid. we just have, the question is, the question that we have is, if we don't do it, when do we stop backing down? >> reporter: pastor, don't you even have a twinge of conscience about doing something like this? >>...
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in kabul, tom aspell, nbc bay area news. >>> this morning president obama is back at white house after spending time at camp david. republicans sense victory in november and spent the day attacking democrats on the sunday news talk shows. the number one issue is the economy and with growth still sluggish and the jobless rate high, democrats are in danger of losing seats. the president plans to do his part by traveling to several states this week to sell his party's plan to create jobs and get the economy moving again. republicans say that trip is more about politics than about action. >>> now, while the president gears up for the effort to keep democrats in control of congress, many candidates are looking for a helping hand from his wife. >> may god bless the ship and all who sail in her. >> reporter: when it comes to poll ratings, michelle obama truly is the president's better half. she has remained consistently more popular than her husband, in part by staying above the partisan fray and taking up non-partisan causes as a champion for military families and a leader in the fight again
in kabul, tom aspell, nbc bay area news. >>> this morning president obama is back at white house after spending time at camp david. republicans sense victory in november and spent the day attacking democrats on the sunday news talk shows. the number one issue is the economy and with growth still sluggish and the jobless rate high, democrats are in danger of losing seats. the president plans to do his part by traveling to several states this week to sell his party's plan to create jobs...
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taxpayer money well these elites basically use kabul bank as a weapon of to defraud the popular. and now the new york times had originally reported on the run on kabul bank saying that the u.s. was going to bail it out and then they printed a retraction well it william k. black is saying you know the u.s. taxpayer is bailing it out whether it's directly or indirectly we are because there is no other economy there but defrauding the u.s. taxpayer. is the one guy who knows where the bodies are buried this global financial system that's why he'll never get the position of regulating anybody because he's simply too good at what he does the kabal bank situation yes another example of a bank going bankrupt to protect itself against rogue banking assassins on wall street and the kabal bank yes it's an example of control fraud yes the u.s. will bail it out just like hank paulson back in october of two thousand and eight but a gun the congressman said and said if you don't give us seven hundred billion dollars so we can give our banking relations in europe the american taxpayer money we'r
taxpayer money well these elites basically use kabul bank as a weapon of to defraud the popular. and now the new york times had originally reported on the run on kabul bank saying that the u.s. was going to bail it out and then they printed a retraction well it william k. black is saying you know the u.s. taxpayer is bailing it out whether it's directly or indirectly we are because there is no other economy there but defrauding the u.s. taxpayer. is the one guy who knows where the bodies are...
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excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the push tools will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on the push to tribesmen whether they are or whether they are pakistani pushing throughout the past eight years of course box one has been coming up with suggestions in order to defuse tensions inside have done is done box down the ideas box any suggestions box on the input were completely ignored and in eight years of course we've seen the situation go from bad to worse in afghanistan i don't think it is possible that you could do and you could achieve that kind of an end in afghanistan without having a strong pakistani involvement. and that was pakistani political expert. well still to come for you here on our c a meeting with no one and speakers without a voice we'll tell you why over one hundred nations were shunned by the media and other delicate so the u.n. general assembly that's coming up in just a few minutes plus. feels very very strange the soil is very cold and also doing all right
excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the push tools will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on the push to tribesmen whether they are or whether they are pakistani pushing throughout the past eight years of course box one has been coming up with suggestions in order to defuse tensions inside have done is done box down the ideas box any suggestions box on the input were completely ignored and...
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forceful way that you need to resolve the problem of isolating the push to get them out of power in kabul they are of course angry about this and what you see the resistance that you see the afghan taliban whatever they're doing enough. i understand part of that is an expression of. anger add to excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the pushed rules will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on the push to an tribesmen whether they are of gone or whether they are pakistani pushing throughout the past eight years of course boxen has been coming up with suggestions in order to defuse tensions inside have done is done box down the ideas box any suggestions box on the input were completely ignored and in eight years of course we've seen the situation go from bad to worse in afghanistan i don't think it is possible that you could do you could achieve that kind of an end in afghanistan without having a strong pakistani involvement. and that was pakistani political expert. well still to come here o
forceful way that you need to resolve the problem of isolating the push to get them out of power in kabul they are of course angry about this and what you see the resistance that you see the afghan taliban whatever they're doing enough. i understand part of that is an expression of. anger add to excluding them from power in kabul so unless you bring them into the power circle the pushed rules will keep fighting and it is unfair in this situation to expect pakistan to completely clamp down on...
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turned out to was very low in the capital of kabul. and the government of afghanistan tried to assure the people of afghanistan about the curative concerns that in general elections and afghanistan was held in a better situation in comparison to the past. ears and that the taliban of course attacks some places off that can three and some. some polling stations as well and different parts of the country but in general election i believe supporting the government of afghanistan was a health and a better situation more than it was expected but you are saying that we've had low turnout there have been attacks that kind of suggest that the situation in afghanistan may not be perhaps the best for an election now with the u.s. pulling out next year and these elections are simply a way to display is still functioning country when the reality is really far from that. i don't think that this election well lead change many things to an afghanistan and particle of the political map so afghanistan afghanistan is facing a lot of challenges in this p
turned out to was very low in the capital of kabul. and the government of afghanistan tried to assure the people of afghanistan about the curative concerns that in general elections and afghanistan was held in a better situation in comparison to the past. ears and that the taliban of course attacks some places off that can three and some. some polling stations as well and different parts of the country but in general election i believe supporting the government of afghanistan was a health and a...
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our team for the chief was in kabul. u.n. experts warn a higher opium prices could persuade afghan farmers to grow even more especially as we eat the main alternative crop for farmers has fallen in price but. a spokesman for the cover narcotics ministry insisted growing drugs and drug growing drugs is against the afghan people's beliefs. but the news is positive the poppy production has been stashed for forty eight percent as compared to the previous year but i don't agree with this some of the u.n. . claimed that it was a because of the bad read that or so it could have been the case in some provinces to go it was very much successful to the public eye we had in this campaign and we sent a positive message and the people of afghanistan know that the poppy cultivation is bad figured on them and it's something that kind of confrontation about we afghans this is not a culture this is against old cards here this is against the basic principles of. our religion so something that is against religion something which is a dangerous
our team for the chief was in kabul. u.n. experts warn a higher opium prices could persuade afghan farmers to grow even more especially as we eat the main alternative crop for farmers has fallen in price but. a spokesman for the cover narcotics ministry insisted growing drugs and drug growing drugs is against the afghan people's beliefs. but the news is positive the poppy production has been stashed for forty eight percent as compared to the previous year but i don't agree with this some of the...
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several senior directors of kabul bank. including karzai's bother are to be investigated. austral australia's first prime minister is the first woman to be elected to the post. >> now, she's been held pretty much in solitary confinement for more than a year. today, sarah shourd was released. they explained they got lost in a hiking trip. she has been denied treatment for serious health problems. the detention period for her friend, shane bower has been extended for another 2 months. >> after more than a year in an iranian jail, she has been freed. >> i freely greatful. it's a huge relief for me. i want to thank every country and individual involved in this process but her 2 fellow hikers are still being held. >> my first priority is to help my fiance and friend gain their freedom. they don't deserve to be prison anymore. >> iran was released but it's not clear who paid it. >> president ahmadinejad said her mother campaigned for her health >> there's a lump in her breast and it's really new. i am really concerned by daughter may have cancer. >> the 3 americans were detained
several senior directors of kabul bank. including karzai's bother are to be investigated. austral australia's first prime minister is the first woman to be elected to the post. >> now, she's been held pretty much in solitary confinement for more than a year. today, sarah shourd was released. they explained they got lost in a hiking trip. she has been denied treatment for serious health problems. the detention period for her friend, shane bower has been extended for another 2 months....
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i want to head live to ivan watson live in kabul. always good to have you. the taliban said they wanted to keep people away with the threat of violence. did that work? >> reporter: well, we did see here in kabul lines, long lines of women and men going to the polls to cast their ballots. i have to say, these people braved an earthquake that struck this city before dawn this morning, 6.3 magnitude. they braved threats from the taliban, a series of grenade and rocket attacks across the country and widespread allegations coming from some of the 2500 plus candidates for parliament themselves that there was fraud at the polls. we did see a number of arguments breaking out at some of the polling stations here between people accusing each other of cheating, of using false documents to vote. more disturbingly, there were a number of security incidents, at least 160, according to the united nations across the country. at least 12 civilians killed in what afghan officials say were taliban-related clashes. i asked one candidate whether he thought this was a good day fo
i want to head live to ivan watson live in kabul. always good to have you. the taliban said they wanted to keep people away with the threat of violence. did that work? >> reporter: well, we did see here in kabul lines, long lines of women and men going to the polls to cast their ballots. i have to say, these people braved an earthquake that struck this city before dawn this morning, 6.3 magnitude. they braved threats from the taliban, a series of grenade and rocket attacks across the...
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our teens who teach and keep those in kabul. for more perspective on this now enjoy life from washington by former white house drug policy spokesman robert wiener good to have you with this poppy virus seems from a certain perspective like it may be a good thing but in some ways it's also raise the stakes in the drug trade do you think this virus was a natural occurrence or is this the sort of thing that could have been done deliberately. i know it's a natural occurrence and we've known about it for some time in mad thank you very much for having me but a disease is not a policy this is an accident of nature and it will come right back in a year or two to be the huge amount of drugs that is routinely making afghanistan the number one supplier in the world and that is a tragedy one of the very good things that has happened is the new united nations drugs are yuri fedotov is from russia he's a very strong eradication advocate and the previous united nations drug czar mr cost we confronted him on this was against eradication thinki
our teens who teach and keep those in kabul. for more perspective on this now enjoy life from washington by former white house drug policy spokesman robert wiener good to have you with this poppy virus seems from a certain perspective like it may be a good thing but in some ways it's also raise the stakes in the drug trade do you think this virus was a natural occurrence or is this the sort of thing that could have been done deliberately. i know it's a natural occurrence and we've known about...
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fredricka. >> ivan watson in kabul. when we come back we'll talk some legal cases, including michael jackson mother, who filed a wrongful death case on behalf of her son. we'll tell you who she's blaming and other cases, too. the turn. ♪ make you re-examine your approach. change your line. innovate. and create one of the world's fastest-reacting suspensions, reading the road 1,000 times per second. it's the turn that leads you somewhere new. introducing the new 2011 cts-v coupe. from cadillac. the new standard of the world. the craftsman hammerhead goes everyday. driving home nails quickly and easily in the tightest spaces. more innovation, more great values. craftsman. trust. in your hands. >>> all right. let's talk hurricanes now. hurricane igor on a track towards bermuda. we find meteorologist reynolds wolf where the weather is -- the tide is turning, as they say, reynolds. okay. well, clearly we're having problems there. the tide has turned so much, it meant losing our audio. we'll check back when we can. in the m
fredricka. >> ivan watson in kabul. when we come back we'll talk some legal cases, including michael jackson mother, who filed a wrongful death case on behalf of her son. we'll tell you who she's blaming and other cases, too. the turn. ♪ make you re-examine your approach. change your line. innovate. and create one of the world's fastest-reacting suspensions, reading the road 1,000 times per second. it's the turn that leads you somewhere new. introducing the new 2011 cts-v coupe. from...
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they were right around kabul and there were very visible police presence around the city. so it is not surprising that the turnout was relatively good. i think most of the polling stations we saw were at least half full. however, as you know, the security situation in much of the country throughout the country was a lot worse. and that had a significant impact on turnout. and i think that turnout can be expected to be very low in places that had a lot of conflict. >> ifill: you talk about the security situation. there were reports of many people killed in different places around the country. did you hear back from the people you talked to today that that was what was expected or was it more than expected or less. >> well, everybody was a bit apprehensive about what polling day would bring in terms of security. last year there was a huge amount of violence it was the most violent day in afghanistan since 2001 intervention. the hope was, of course, that this would be better. there was better planning for security and hopefully the local races with local political players bei
they were right around kabul and there were very visible police presence around the city. so it is not surprising that the turnout was relatively good. i think most of the polling stations we saw were at least half full. however, as you know, the security situation in much of the country throughout the country was a lot worse. and that had a significant impact on turnout. and i think that turnout can be expected to be very low in places that had a lot of conflict. >> ifill: you talk about...